MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B48
Motherboard	MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 06:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,037 100% 825 Pts	64-Core 1,215 75% 1,215 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 72.5 66% 78.8 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 76 Splatting 75.7 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16415 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 443 (B1) Unknown 98 1 110 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 284 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49140373420	112% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 505 Mixed 511 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.2 172% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 153 128% 176 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 907GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2509 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 73 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206160003101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1063	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 107 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 349GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 140 140 25786843425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1117 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1624 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 223339216928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 87.8 Mixed 79.1 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 C14 Series 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3030 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 30.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 83%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	5,244x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	3,005x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,823x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1,205x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	479x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16